| Autor: |
Robert J. Dobie |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
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| Zdroj: |
Nicholas of Cusa and Islam ISBN: 9789004274761 |
| DOI: |
10.1163/9789004274761_016 |
| Popis: |
This chapter argues the way a Muslim Sufi like Ibn 'Arabi understands the figure of Jesus opens up gaps and reinforces doctrinal lines between Christianity and Islam as much as it closes and blurs them. The most fundamental question that Ibn 'Arabi's work proposes to Muslim- Christian dialogue is this: is creaturely finitude an absolute and insurmountable obstacle to union of the human soul with God, or is creaturely finitude in some way 'redeemable' and even a necessary instrument of such union? The chapter also looks at the thought of a Christian mystic who was close in time as well as in spirit to Ibn 'Arabi, the Dominican friar Meister Eckhart. Examining some key themes from Eckhart's mystical writings helps us locate precisely the points of similarity and difference in Christian and Muslim approaches to the figure of Jesus. Keywords: Christianity; Ibn 'Arabi; Jesus; Meister Eckhart; Muslim; Sufi |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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